Leslie Spoor (12 October 1910 – 13 March 2011) was a British political activist and the principal founder of what became the Scottish Green Party. Born in Durham and educated in Edinburgh and Dunfermline, Spoor became politically active while working in London in the 1930s, and was involved in the Battle of Cable Street. When the Second World War broke out he volunteered as a Stretcher Party Officer during the Blitz. After a move to Edinburgh he joined the Royal Air Force, serving out the war as a wireless operator at Drem airfield in East Lothian. After the war he attended the University of Edinburgh, where he studied history and then teaching. He taught at Musselburgh Grammar School, and was active in the Scottish Secondary Teachers Association and a leading player in developing Modern S